Locum Consultant in General and Red Cell Haematology
The closing date is 21 April 2026
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Haematologist (1.0 WTE) at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to support the red cell and related transfusion services and general haematology at the Horton hospital.
The Department of Clinical Haematology in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) provides a tertiary regional service to a population of 1.4 million. It includes consultants broadly covering all major specialties in haematology with variable levels of site specialisation.
The post holder will join the existing team of haematology consultants involved in red cell and transfusion services and a second consultant at the Horton hospital.
Main duties of the job
The Haematology department provides comprehensive treatment of all haematological malignancies (including allogeneic bone marrow transplantation) and non-malignant haematological conditions, including coagulation disorders and is closely associated with the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Blood Transfusion Centre in Oxford. The Clinical service is located at the Churchill Hospital, with 25 inpatient beds, comprehensive outpatient and day care facilities, and dedicated research beds. Support is provided by the laboratory Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS) and regular multidisciplinary team meetings.
The laboratory provides a large and varied range of tertiary specialist testing through close integration with the Oxford Genetics Laboratories, it supports the largest Haemostasis Centre in the UK, an established regional Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (SIHMDS). The haemoglobinopathy screening service runs a national antenatal screening programme and telephone advice service for hospitals dealing with haemoglobinopathy care.
The workload is wide and varied as would be expected in a large tertiary referral centre. It runs to approximately 1.4 million tests per annum, which includes 850,000 FBC but also a wide variety of specialist haemophilia or molecular tests.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, or equivalent
* Higher medical degree
* Clinical and laboratory haematology to CCT On specialist register
Experience
* Specialist experience in haematology, including experience with in- and out-patients with haemoglobinopathies
* Experience of service development and delivery
* Experience at consultant level working in an acute Teaching Hospital
* Experience with organisation of haemoglobinopathy services
* Consultant responsibility at management level
Skills and Knowledge
* Well-developed leadership skills
* Good organisational skills with successful implementation of change
* Strategic thinker with evidence of delivery and leadership of service improvement
* Values and utilises teamwork. Ability to inspire others
* Excellent communicator, facilitating discussion and involvement. Strong influencing and negotiation skills
* Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
* Experience with Clinical Governance procedures at Trust level - polices, guidelines and audits
* Experience with research and publication in peer-reviewed journals
* Clinical management experience with track record of delivery of service improvement
* Assistance with curriculum design and/ or postgraduate training days/courses
* Assistance with investigation of incidents and SUIs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year (10 PA's as per Job plan)
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